Ok folks. I have an 80's strat body that has had the original neck stolen years back (don't ask how...) and I'm on the 2nd replacement neck already. Only the bridge is original so I don't care to keep it all orignal.

I've decided to give it that relic look. The neck is a replacement Fender maple neck and the plate was swapped to an 8hole plate. I am willing to trade a few tricks of my own in hopes to get some ideas on how to produce the RELIC look.

The plastics were all dipped in black coffee to offer an aweome fade job. The plate screws were buffed a great deal to remove parts of the chrome. The neck was refished with a semi gloss poly with amber flakes for that yellowish look with a replacement speghetti logo decal.

What are you secrets to wearing down the body?

Tie a rope to it and drag it behind your car down a bumpy gravel road. That should work good.

Funny, I keep hearing folks tell me to drag it behind a car. I'd like to safely wear down the finish, not take chunks out of the wood. However, I might try tossing it on the treadmill.

check youtube, there are some videos on there which should be helpful.

I hear the "drag it through a fire, or behind a car" stories a lot too but just can't bring myself to do that.

There are also places that will relic your guitar for you based on your specs. Usually around $150-300 though depending on the work done.

Play it every day for at least 3-4 hours for the next 5-10 years, that should help you get the relic look ^^

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Well Jay, since you put it that way, I'll do it for $40!! haah

$25, a box of jawbreakers and a half eaten turkey drumstick and thats as low as I can go for the cost of my services. Unless you have access to one of those Leg lamps from A Christmas Story that is.

Heck I'll pay you $25 rsegundo and do the relic job for you. It would be worth it just for the fun factor. LOL

Hello Rsegundo,

I will relic your guitar in a correct fashion.
Send it over to me and I'll return it to you
authentically reliced in the the year 2020.
Can you wait?:wink:
Cheers

The playing has to be with a full band in a cramped "studio." That's how you get the dings from cymbals and the bass guitar tuners and ... drum sticks bouncing off it.

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My other guitar is a Strat.

Check out my relic golden guitar it looks fantastic on youtube seaerchg vinnypop channel at the top of my channel, maybe you can get some ideas, I like I spent 15 solid hours working on it. Pleased to meet you blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa and twaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

whats the problem here
I was just browsing through and saw this thread
you guys are being a little rough on someone who was asking
an honest question this thread is not about if you like
relic look it is how he might acheive , he has already decided he
wants the look just looking for a way to do it
and the (play it twenty years)comments are not helpful
are you saying he hasn't put in his dues to play a reliced guitar
and only people that have been playing for hundred years or
have a couple thousand to give the custom shop can play them

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1956 Gibson CS Lemon Les Paul
1957 Fender CS Aged Cherry Strat
1958 Gibson CS Pg 85 Les Paul
1960 Fender CS 3tsb Strat
1961 Gibson SG Wildwood Pelham blue
1966 Fender CS Firemist Metallic Silver Strat